"Fly Under," the final track from Carla Patullo's new GRAMMY-winning album, "Nomadica," serves as a stark reminder of just how far she has come as an artist. Patullo just won her second GRAMMY for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category with "Nomadica," and she gives us an ambient chamber piece that lingers in your head long.
"Fly Under" serves as the emotional epilogue to "Nomadica," an album that grapples with memory, grief, and healing. The project holds special significance for Patullo as it was created in loving memory of her mother, who died tragically in a car accident. The song's emotional gravitas comes through perfectly in this final track, which offers you a chance to ponder rather than solve.
Co-written and performed by Martha Wainwright, "Fly Under" is devastating in its straightforwardness. The vocals of Patullo and Wainwright fit together so well that it feels like an intimate conversation. Patullo links chamber music and ambient music throughout "Nomadica," and "Fly Under" is perhaps the clearest example of that vision. The choir Tonality and the Scorchio Quartet also appear on the album.
"Fly Under" positions Carla Patullo as one of the most relevant figures in contemporary chamber music, ambient, and cinematic soundscapes. This is an all-encompassing closing statement that both captures and embodies the heights of a GRAMMY-winning album about remembering and staying strong. Carla Patullo creates a space for stillness, demonstrating how ambient and chamber music can cradle grief and transform private grief into universal beauty.
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